Yuichi Shimada, MD, MPH

Dr. Yuichi Shimada, MD, MPH, is Research Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is also a Faculty of the Frontiers in Cardiovascular Discovery Workshop as a part of the Body in Health and Disease Course at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Shimada received MD degree from The University of Tokyo in 2007. He was selected as one of the 2 exchange medical students who were allowed to experience a three-month sub-internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he decided to pursue his career as a physician-scientist in the United States. After graduation, he served as a...